It is precisely based on this consideration that the Yingzhou family surnamed Wang, headed by the Jiao family, did not dare to lose their sincerity to the Caizhou Yuan family, and the Yuan family's reputation has always been poor, and the style of the Qin and Duchu dynasties made people dare not believe their promises. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

In this case, Jiao Xiangning would rather choose Huaiyou.

Even if Jiang Feng had a bad attitude towards the gentry and nobles, at least he did not use that kind of violent means to directly deprive the gentry of their property and land, even if he wanted to take away some of the things of the gentry and nobles, he would give some compensation from other aspects.

The three surnames of Shouzhou are the most obvious examples, otherwise, not to mention the Zheng family, at least the second surname of Umeda would not be able to belong to Jiang Feng so easily, and Huaiyou would not be able to settle down so easily.

Jiao Xiang also knew that the Yuan family had not sent someone to contact the big names in Yingzhou, but in the end, the big names still didn't dare to believe the Yuan family, as long as there was a little hope, they didn't want the Yuan family to take over Yingzhou.

What they want most is to maintain the status quo, but when it is really impossible to maintain the status quo, they would rather choose Huaiyou.

Jiao Xiang's words made Ryazan and the others couldn't help but change color slightly.

Jiao Xiang's attitude actually represents the attitude of the local surnames in Yingzhou, they are willing to support themselves, but in the case of Yingzhou's inability to protect themselves, they are more inclined to let Huaiyou become the master.

Although Ryazan was a little angry in his heart, he also knew that the local surname in Yingzhou had no choice to be like this, and to a certain extent, he could also understand, who let Xuzhou not send reinforcements?

"Lord Changshi, I'm afraid Huaiyou won't go to the troubled waters of our Yingzhou, right? Everyone knows what Huaiyou's soldiers are preparing to do now, how can they fight Caizhou because of our Yingzhou?" Gu Hua smiled contemptuously and sarcastically, "Wu Di is Jiang Feng's target, Yingzhou, I'm afraid he can't look down on it." ”

"Not necessarily. Lu Tong disagreed with Gu Hua's opinion, and said in a deep voice: "Although Huaiyou's goal is Wudi, Caizhou and Huaiyou have always been mortal enemies, if Caizhou wins Yingbo Erzhou and looks down on Huainan, how can Huaiyou be stable? Even if Huaiyou doesn't want to take over our Yingzhou, Jiang Feng definitely doesn't want to see the Yuan family take over Yingzhou." ”

"My lord, so what I mean is not to let Huaiyou enter Yingzhou, but to let it help us defend Yingzhou. Jiao Xiang continued.

"Help us defend Yingzhou?" Without waiting for Ryazan to answer, Gu Hua sneered: "Do you think Jiang Feng will help us with this?" If Caizhou comes to attack with all his might, even if Huai Youyan tries his best to help us, he may not be able to hold it, and even if he can hold it, he will pay a considerable price, do you think Jiang Feng is so stupid? We and Huaiyou still have a Huaishui separation, Jiang Feng took Shouzhou, Shouzhou water army is all Jiang Feng's gains, even though Caizhou takes Yingzhou is a threat to Huaiyou, but Caizhou does not have a water army, Huaiyou can rely on the advantages of the water army, so that Caizhou does not dare to easily invade the south, in this case, Jiang Feng is even more impossible to pay such a big price for our Yingzhou!"

Gu Hua's words made Jiao Xiang and Lu Tong speechless for a while, and they also knew that Huaiyou's current strength was slightly weaker than Caizhou, and Yingzhou might be on par with Caizhou.

Of course, it is impossible for Caizhou to attack Yingzhou with all his might, after all, no matter how much they reach an agreement with Da Liang, they don't dare to fully believe Da Liang, if they really want to attack Yingzhou at all costs, they will be caught off guard by Da Liang, then they are really going to exterminate the clan.

The question is, is Huaiyou willing to pay such a big price for Yingzhou?

Is it worth it?

The hall fell silent for a while, they had never contacted Huaiyou before, and now they suddenly contacted Huaiyou, would it seem a little temporary?

Don't humiliate yourself, it's really embarrassing.

Ryazan rubbed his cheeks, he could bear to humiliate him, in order to keep Yingzhou, there was nothing that could not be done, the key was how likely was this?

Gu Hua's words are very reasonable, Huaiyou may not want to see the Yuan family swallow Yingzhou, but if Huaiyou wants to pay a lot of money to support Yingzhou to protect itself, will Jiang Feng agree?

But in any case, Ryazan felt that he could give it a try, so he asked Jiao Qianqian to connect, but it was just a matter of getting a reply in three or five days, and it was no big deal.

Jiang Feng didn't expect someone to bring a pillow when he wanted to sleep.

Yingzhou actually put down his face and asked for help.

This shows that Yingzhou has realized the danger, and Caizhou's preparations have entered the tacit stage.

Without having time to think about it, Jiang Feng immediately summoned the generals to discuss with Cui Shang, who had already returned from Bianliang.

Needless to say, the harm caused by Caizhou's annexation of Yingzhou is needless to say, but the key now is what are the chances of winning this battle if Huaiyou intervenes?

Will it affect Huaiyou's intervention in the situation in Wudi and affect Huaiyou's primary goal -- attacking Luhao Prefecture and realizing the implementation of the occupation?

Caizhou's strength Huaiyou is very experienced, one Yuan Wuwei can make the entire Huzhou army anxious, even if Yuan Wuwei returned in vain in the end of that battle, and even left Zhao Lan, the figure of the Eight Pillars of Ruyang, but the Huzhou army also paid the lives of Guo Tai and Lu Yingfeng, the two masters, this is still in the case that the Caizhou army has a distraction and is unwilling to pay too much price under the Gushi City.

The real Yuan Wuwei made up his mind to take down Gushi, and there would be no Huaiyou now.

Now Huaiyou is not the same, there are already two small heavenly masters Jiang Feng and Mei Quan, as well as Yang Kan, Tian Chunlai, Zhang Ting, Wang Miao several strong people from the fixed interest period to the Tai Xi period, in addition to the south of the Heshuo army, it can be said that the current Huaiyou army is full of talents and strong strength.

The problem is that Caizhou is not weak, especially after withstanding the flanking attack of Daliang and Nanyang, maybe they have suffered a lot of damage in the army, but for the middle and high-end combat power, after this hard battle, the improvement may be greater.

Of course, if Huaiyou really wants to fight with Caizhou in Yingzhou, Caizhou may not dare to attack Yingzhou with all his strength because he is worried about the Liang who will change his mind at any time, so this battle still has to be fought.

In addition to these two factors, there is another factor that needs to be evaluated: is the battle worth fighting?

Is it worth paying such a big price to fight?

It's realistic.

As the lord of the first army, Jiang Feng had to consider this problem, if it was just to respond to the Heshuo army going south, then of course there was no problem, the Caizhou army was going to attack, and the Huaiyou army could fight for it, but when the Heshuo army and its family members and relatives successfully crossed the Huai to the south, did this battle still need to be continued? I am afraid that the Caizhou army may not be willing to continue fighting after realizing the purpose of the Huaiyou army, so it is normal for them to leave, but if Huaiyou wants to assist the probation army to defend Yingzhou, then it is two concepts.

Cutting off people's financial routes is like killing their parents, Yuan's painstaking plot to seize Yingzhou, how can you allow Huaiyou to sabotage, at that time, it may really be necessary to fight with all your might.

"Let's talk about it, at this time, there is nothing to hide, and the big guys express their opinions. Jiang Feng's attitude is very calm, and there is a lot of trouble whether this battle is fought or not.

"There has been preliminary feedback on the intelligence collection of the Caizhou army, as of now, the Caizhou army has concentrated more than 25,000 troops on the front line of Xincai and Baoxin, and it is expected that there will be two more armies in the future, that is, about 5,000 troops, and the participation in the attack on Yingzhou may exceed 30,000 people, it is certain that if there is no external reinforcements, the possibility of Yingzhou being swept is very large, and it is impossible for Ryazan to hold Ruyin. Cui Shang cleared his throat, "Moreover, the Seventh Army of the Left Army of the Reform, which is stationed on Ying, has not been trusted by Ryazan, and it is very likely that some of the high-ranking officers have been bought by Caizhou." ”

"Aren't there reinforcements from Bozhou and Xuzhou?" Zhang Yue spoke.

"There should be no, Bozhou is too busy to take care of itself, only three armies are stationed, all in the state of Zhiqiao County and Yongcheng, mainly to prevent the Liang from going south, in addition, the Xuzhou Probation Army is stationed in Fuli and Xiao County, a total of 12 armies, this is the elite 30,000 people of the Probation Army, including 10,000 cavalry four armies, which can be reinforced to Bozhou at any time. ”

Although the collection of intelligence in Huaibei is not the key point, Huaibei has done a very poor job in preventing espionage, and in addition a large number of displaced people from Huaibei have poured into Huaiyou from last year to this year, it has also become the main source and channel for Huaiyou to collect intelligence in Huaibei.

The map is unfolded, and the distribution of garrisons in various parts of Huaibei is depicted on it very vividly and realistically, which makes it clear at a glance.

"In addition to Xiaoxian and Fuli, Xuzhou Prefecture Zhipengcheng, and Sizhou Xiapi each have four armies, which is equivalent to the general reserve of Huaibei, mainly responsible for dealing with the ant thieves in the east who have not stopped, and only in Haizhou there are two armies to guard Haizhou Prefecture to govern the East China Sea, but basically Huaibei has been on the defensive now, mainly worried about the threat from Daliang, so the ant thieves are still in a laissez-faire posture. ”

After Cui Shang's introduction, the generals in the hall began to discuss.

In terms of total strength, Huaibei's strength is not small, compared to Huaiyou, even if the Heshuo army joins Huaiyou, the total strength of Huaibei is at least four times that of Huaiyou, but the strategic situation of Huaibei is indeed too poor, the north of the beam gives Huaibei too much pressure, even if the ant thieves are rampant, Huaibei also needs to maintain at least ten more mobile troops to deal with the threat of the northern Liang, otherwise once the Liang penetrates Xiao County, it can directly hit the foot of Pengcheng, which is also caused by the embarrassment of Xuzhou's location.

"My lord, I have an idea. Zhang Ting's words immediately attracted the attention of the generals.

In fact, the strategy of how to deal with Caizhou's annexation of Yingzhou has been discussed several times before, and it should be said that there is not much new, and today is just a final decision, but Zhang Ting said so at this time, which is obviously different from the previous concept, which naturally aroused everyone's curiosity.

Could it be that this guy can come up with a different strategy?